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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2018</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Providence Track Wins Two Titles On Second Day Of ECAC/IC4A Championships</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Friars won titles in the women’s 3,000 meters and men’s distance medley relay.</i></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>BOSTON, MASS. – </b>The Providence College men’s and women’s track & field team competed at the second day of the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Boston University on Sunday, March 4. The day was highlighted
by the Friars’ performances in the women’s 3,000 meters and the men’s distance medley relay.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Abbey Wheeler (Elmira, N.Y.) took home the 3,000-meter title as she claimed victory with a time of 9:28.07. Wheeler is the first Providence woman to win the ECAC 3,000-meter title since Lauren Mullins
’16 won back to back titles in 2015-16. Maria Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) ran a time of 9:54.08 to finish 15<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> overall in the event.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The team of Michael O’Leary (St. James, N.Y.), Joseph Hurton (Wakefield, Mass.), Jack Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) and Nick Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) won the tightly contested distance medley relay
race. The race came down to the final few meters, with Providence taking the win with a time of 9:46.17 over Columbia University’s 9:46.25. It is Providence’s first distance medley relay title since setting the meet record in 2009.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda, Ireland) also competed in the men’s 3,000 meters. He finished 20<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> overall with a time of 8:22.63.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Providence’s indoor season will conclude at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 9-10 at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>-GO FRIARS!-</b></span></font></div>
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